Cuanza Sul Province

Cuanza Sul Province ("South Cuanza"; Umbundu: Kwanza Kombuelo Volupale) is a province of Angola. It has an area of 55,660 square kilometres (21,490 sq mi) and a population of 1,881,873. Sumbe is the capital of the province. Dom Francisco Inocêncio de Sousa Coutinho founded the province in 1769 as Novo Redondo ("New Redondo").

Cuanza Sul
Province
Cuanza Sul, province of Angola
Country Angola
CapitalSumbe
Government
  GovernorJob Pedro Castelo Capapinha
  Vice-Governor for the Political, Economic and Social SectorJoaquim Ricardo de Almeida Júnior
  Vice-Governor for Technical Services and InfrastructuresDemétrio António Bráz de Sepulveda
Area
  Total55,600 km2 (21,500 sq mi)
Population
 (2014 census)
  Total1,881,873
  Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeAO-CUS
HDI (2018)0.445
low · 18th
Websitewww.kwanzasul.gov.ao
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